Showing posts with label internet vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label internet vocabulary. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

1100 Words You Need to Know. Week 2

WEEK 2 DAY 1



TO THE POINT


Calvin Coolidge, our thirtieth president, was named “Silent Cal” by reporters because of hislaconic speech. One Sunday, after Mr. Coolidge had listened to an interminable* sermon, athrong of newsmen gathered around him. An intrepid reporter accosted the Chief Executive:
“Mr. President, we know that the sermon was on the topic of sin. What did the minister say?”
“He was against it,” the
reticent Coolidge replied.